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Temple оf Nika Apteros

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TEMPLE OF NIKA APTEROS
Yakupov Ruslan, АС-211

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The temple of Nika
Apteros (that is,
wingless victory) is an
ancient Greek temple on
the Acropolis of Athens,
located to the
southwest of the
Propylaeum. It was built
by Kallikrates in 427-421
B.C. to a design from
450 B.C. The temple is
dedicated to AthenaNica (Greek Αθηνᾶ Νίκη
- Athena, the vic tor).

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The temple is made of
Pentelian marble. The
structure is an
amphiprostyle with two
Ionic porticoes of four
columns each. The
columns along the eastern
and western fronts were
monolithic. The stylobate
has three steps. The total
height from the stylobate
to the top of the pediment,
while the temple remained
intact, was approximately
7 meters. The temple was
8 meters long, 5.5 meters

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Today the Temple of
Athena at the
Acropolis remains
almost unchanged. It
is missing its roof
and most of its front
columns. The carved
friezes that adorned
its walls are now in
the Acropolis
Museum, which
contains many other
valuable ancient
fragments.

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The Acropolis, with
the towering temple
of Nike Apteros, is
one of Athens' most
famous and popular
landmarks. Most
tourists who come
here year-round can
visit at any time the
exquisite miniature
cloister of Nike
Apteros, one of the
few surviving (albeit
restored)
monuments of the

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